Time-controlled lighting system



ME CONTROLLED LIGHTING SYSTEM,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE SL192].

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PATENT OFFI FRED H. FINKE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TIME-CONTROLLED LIGHTING SYSTEM.

Application filed June 9, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED H. FINKE, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlled Lighting Systems; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a new and improved time controlled lighting system, wherein the switch for operating the lights is automatically closed at a predetermined time.

The invention is more especially adapted for use in connection with the lights of an automobile. It will, however, be understood that certain features of the invention are adapted to be used in other relations.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a device which may be readily applied to the instrument panel of an automobile and may be automatically operated to switch on the lights at a predetermined time.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby an automatic alarm clock may be attached to the instrument panel, and provided with means for winding and setting the same from the front of the panel.

My invention will be fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a vice, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

In the drawing, the clock 1, which is an automatic alarm clock, is set in the panel P and the stem for setting the hands of the clock is providedat its lower end with a beveled the counter shaft 3, which is, in turn, connected with the shaft 4, extending through the handle and provided on its front end with a knurled head 5. Similarly, the stem for setting the alarm is beveled gear 6, which is counter shaft 7 which, in turn, is connected with the shaft 8, which is provided at its front end with the knurled head 9. The stem for winding up the clock is provided with a beveled gear 10, which is operatively connectedwith the downwardly extending shaft bottom plan view of my de- 11,which is provided at its lower end with the knurled head 12. The stem for winding Specification of Letters Patent.

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provided with the connected with the ha Patented Nov. 1, 1921. Serial No. 476,176.

up the alarm is provided with a beveled gear 13, which is operatively connected to the downwardly extending shaft 14, which is provided with a knurled head 15.

In Fig. 1, the parking lights are shown diagrammatically at 16, and these lights are included in a circuit which extends from the battery 17, and may be closed by switch 18, located on the under side of the panel, The usual gong is omitted or removed from the clock, and the alarm hammer 19 is so located, that when the alarm mechanism is tripped, the hammer will strike theswitch 18 and close it. The clock is provided with the usual lever 20, by which the alarm mechanism will be locked or rendered inoperative. The switch 18 is extended to the opposite side of its fulcrum, and connected by means of a pin-21 to a link 22, which is connected at its other end to a lever 23. When the switch 18 is closed, therefore, the lever 23 will be moved so as to operate the lever 20 and render the alarm mechanism inoperative. The pin 21 is extended through the slot 24 in the panel so that it may be man- 1s not desired to use the automatic means. The lever 20 is-also provided with a, pin 25, which extends through the slot 26 in the panel for the purpose of manually operating the same when desired.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided a convenient and practical mechanism by which the lights may be switched on at a predetermined time withthe personal attention .of the driver. Thus he may set the alarm at the time when the law requires lights to be turned on, and he may leave his car withoutany further attention. gear 2, by which it is connected, with It will also be noted that all of the various parts of the mechanism may be conveniently operated from the front side of the panel.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the character described, an electric switch, a clock having an alarm to deliver blows on said switch to close the same, and a lever connected with the switch and operable thereby, to render said hammer inoperative after the switch has been closed.

2 In combination with an instrument panel, a switch mounted on said panel, a clock mounted in the panel and having the mmer operable at a predetermined time usual timing and alarm mechanism, means projecting below the panel for winding said timing, and alarm mechanism, means proj ecting through the face of the panel for setting said mechanism, said alarm mechanism being operable at a predetermined time to close said switch, and a lever connected with the-switch and operable thereby to lock the alarm mechanism against movement after the switch has been closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

FRED H. FINKE. 

